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Does anyone still believe

that the arts and the humanities are of any use? I seek for some stability in my life, but somehow I've defended the corner of just that thought for decades now on here or in real life without any result. Except from the one or two friends on here, the most that my postings on classical music or art begets near to no recognition nor acknowledgement. Nothing. I really can't win.

I post about the high and low points in my life and someone tells me point blanc to take my pills. Likewise I get a simular flippant remark or even question when I post a little essay on a piece of music or something else. It's way too difficult to read, or it's merely AI-driven. Does near to no-one actually still believe in conversation?

I get the strong impression that it's all about flippant or even hurting remarks, destruction in short, than anything constructive. What are the arts and the humanities about but to converse with each other to further knowledge?
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SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
Classical music is first and foremost a conversation with the past. Many works enrich my life and move me for personal reasons. I don't always feel confident articulating these feelings or writing down thoughts that seem to lack originality.

Literature I am more confident with. But I have only begun to scratch the surface
val70 · 56-60
@SunshineGirl I wasn't a connaisseur myself, but I dipped my toe into it because of a remark I got during an interview. The music with Kenneth Clark's Civilization was somehow not good. So during Lent last year I listened and tried to get my hand on the recordings before 1968. Somehow a lot of information came down the tree that way. I still get it wrong though. Like on YouTube someone like Dave Hurwitz would react without much politeness that the recording that I mentioned was boring. One doesn't like to be humilated like that. I know. But cheer up and try it. It's very enriching. Thankfully.

 
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